harold_gough

<p>My second FL-LM2 arrived today. The RC performance is slightly better than the kit one but I am getting a lot of flash failures and over- or severerly underexposures, all depending on to slight horizontal rotation. It is clearly a wiring problem behind the USB-type female socket.<br> This will have to be repaired when I have the faulty rear dial (now solid) replaced.<br> I wonder how many more faults will be identified by the time I send the camera for repair!</p>

<p>I am now having trouble with the FL-LM2 pop-up flash, which I use only as RC trigger/control.<br> I had been getting an increasing number of flash failures. Also, there were number of severe over-exposures.<br> I have identied the cause of this to be related to a poor fit in the port under the hot shoe. Some lateral rotation makes or breaks the contact. There is no such movement in the identical port on my E-P2 (where the electronics are not compatable). Also, my VF-2 fits and works well on my E-M1.<br> I am currently getting no response to e-mails to the seller but I have a slightly-used (my words) FL-LM2 on the way to me. Either this will work, indicating the flash male connector to be faulty, or it will not, showing the camera electonics to be at fault. I will report back.</p>

<p>Thanks, Janet. For some reason, I don't seem to have received an e-mail notification of your reply.<br> The problem seems progressive and the dial takes a lot of pressure and persistence to get any responses. Anyway, transfering functions to the front dial will get me through my trip later this month.<br> On features of the model, I also have an issue with its RC flash mode. I use mostly off-camera flash TTL for macro. This requires an RC flash on the hot shoe to control it. The pop-up flash supplied with the camera is ideal, except that, in the manipulations and brushing against foliage, etc which are the very nature of outdoor macro, it frequently and easily flips down again, stopping any flash function.<br> This needs to be moderated. I am loathe to put anything underneath it so I am trying a flimsy rubber band, crossed over at the top of the unit and looped uner the viewfinder eyecup. It seems to offer just enough resistance.</p> <p> </p>

<p>I have arranged a warrantee repair after my peak use..</p>

<p>I wondered if I have been unlucky or if this is a known fault of the camera.<br> I have been utterly frustrated by the menu system and the intermittent lack of adjustment of settings, the latest being no aperture control in aperture priority mode. I have been increasingly suspicious about the function of the rear dial, having to press quite hard and somewhat upwards (making my thumb sore) to get any change of settings. Fortunately, with the front dial as an option, I have at last diagnosed the problem and transferred all functions to that. The rear dial did work a bit better when I first got the camera but it has never been very responsive. This seems to be an internal, electrical contact problem.<br> It might seem that I have been rather slow to realise what was going on but I use the camera mostlyin manual mode, with legacy manual focus lenses, for macro, such that the aperture setting via the dial is rarely used and, using fill flash, the shutter speed is mostly constant.<br> I have contacted the seller and indcated that I shall want a repair under warrantee after my peak summer usage.</p> <p> </p>

<p>Turning to matters of focusing and magnification:<br> I use either variable focus or fixed focus manual focus film lenses for macro. Some may be used reversed. Where there is a focus ring I may set focus approximately with the ring but that nomally means the lens is using internal extension and changing magnification. Most focusing is done by bodily or arm movement to get the camera/lens combination at the right distance from the subject.<br> The general principle to keep in mind is that even a specialised macro lens is optimised for a specified magnifcation or range of magnifications. That may change when the lens is reversed but will have a similar range of magnifications at which it performs best.</p>

<p>This may be of interest:<br> <a href="http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/663112">http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/663112</a></p> <p> </p>